Pad-holder.



I. BURAN.

Y PAD HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE I0, I9I2.

Patented May 2, 1916.

a a a a a a a a JULIUS BURAN, OF MILWAUKEE, WlSCONSIN.

PAD-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2, figlie?.

Application filed June 10` 1912. Serial No. 702,762.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, JULIUs BURAN, a citi- Zenof the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, andState of Visconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements inPad-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in pad holders.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive formof construction adapted for repeated use in connection wit a pad orblock of paper in which the shee s may be readily torn off withoutleaving a stub and without detaching pieces of paper in a. manner tocause litter.

Afurther object of my invention is to provide a form of pad holder inwhich the backing will not collapse with the withdrawal of the sheets,and in which the remaining sheets will be retained against the backingnotwithstanding the withdrawal of used sheets. u

In the drawings-Figure l is a longitudiza nal sectional view of a padholder embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view drawn online of Fig. .1. Fig. 3 is a View of thesame as seen fromV the underside.

Like parts are identifiedv by the same reference characters throughoutthe several views.

AThe pad supporting plate A, illustrated in Fig. 1, is slitted and thematerial adjacent to the slits bent downwardly to form strengtheningflanges B and legs C. This plate A may be of metal. It is provided nearone end with posts D reduced at E near their upper ends, and threaded toreceive a nut F. rl`he posts D preferably comprise screw threaded boltshaving heads G engaging the under surface of the plate A, and havingthreaded engagement with a flat piece of metal H which bears upon theupper surface of the plate A. A backing member I is elbowed at J andprovided with a horizontal flange K apertured to receive the reducedportion E of the posts, and adapted to be supported by the shouldersformed on the posts at the .bases of the reduced portions E. The posts Dare preferably screw threaded throughout their length in order that theymay be screwed throughthe aperture in the bars H, and also to facilitatethe removal of. the sheets as hereinafter eX- plained.

The back I is formed of material having sufficient rigidity to maintainits shape, and

its dimensions are such that when the nuts F are turned to clampingposition, the lower or inner margin of the back l will be bound rigidlyagainst the plate A. (or a). Therefore, the holder retains its shapeduring the withdrawal of the sheets, and it will not bind upon thesheets to prevent them from being torn out as above described.l

`rlhe plate A (or a) may be made of any suitable material. lf made asillustrated in F ig. l, it will preferably be formed of metaLThe plateA, illustrated in Fig. l, is preferably provided with apertures Lbetween the posts D and the adjacent end margin of said plate, vwherebyif it is desired to suspend this plate from hooks, the same can beaccomplished, tl'e members B and C belng bent inwardly yto the plane ofthe plate `A, whereupon the plate A and the plate a may be usedinterchangeably.

. l claiml. The combination of a pad receiving plate, means forsupporting the same, a. set of pad engaging posts extending upwardly'from the plate near one margin and provided with reduced upper ends,clamping nuts adapted for threaded engagement with the reduced ends ofthe respective posts, and an elbowed back having one member apertured toreceive the reduced ends of the posts and supported by the posts at thebase of the reduced portion, and the other member having an edge fittingloosely against said plate.

2. rlhe combination of a pad receiving plate, means for supporting thesame, a set of pad engaging posts extending upwardly from the plate nearone margin and provided with reduced upper ends, clamping nuts adaptedfor threaded engagement with the reduced ends of the respective posts,an elbowed back havingone member apertured to receive the reduced endsof the posts and supported by said posts independently of the body,whereby the nuts may be tightened without exerting a clamping pressureupon the pad, and a clamping piece at the base of each post bearing uponthe pad receiving surface of the plate and having threaded engagementwith such posts, said posts being threaded throughout the length of thepad engaging portion thereof.

3. The combination with a pad receiving plate, of a detachable elbowedback, one por- 'tion of which is at right angles to the plate With itsedge bearing against and unconnected with lthe plate, and anotherportion of which is substantially parallel with the plate, a set ofscrew threaded posts clamped to the plate and having reduced extremitiesprojecting loosely through the parallel portion of the back and clampedthereto, said posts supporting the backing member at the base of thereduced extremities, the intermediate portions of said posts beingadapted to loosely support a pad of paper out of pressure relation witheither the plate or the backing member, whereby the sheets of paper insuch pad may be successively used 15 and progressively torn from theposts Without change in the position of the remaining sheets or in theirloose relation to the pad and backing member.

In testimony whereof I aiX my signature 20 in the presence of twoWitnesses.

JULIUS BURAN.

Witnesses:

LEvERE'i'r C. WHEELER, I. l). BREMER.

